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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]TJ's Algebra II may be accelerated, but the kids who should be there can handle it without extra help.[/quote]

Yes, they should be able to handle it without extra help, but[b] many of these students have been getting tutoring and outside help after school and on weekends for years[/b].

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True.  It's just that the numbers struggling are bigger now and I suppose the fact that enough kids weren't getting help so school administration felt they had to do something.  And again, if the math is so hard that these kids need tutoring in high school, why are they there?  Or conversely why is the program so accelerated? I don't  think it's an accident that I've heard of more than one TJ grad nearly having a breakdown in college over - surprise - a math class.  [/quote]

To be clear, I'm referring to outside help in the elementary and middle school years leading up to applying to TJ. I wonder if the kids who take after school and weekend math classes for so many years get so accustomed to the outside extra help that it becomes natural to seek extra help when struggling with a math class at TJ.

I agree with you that TJ students should be able to handle the math without outside help, except very occasionally.

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Surprised no cheating scandals exposed at TJ yet.[/quote]

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